Weekly horoscopes: July 28 – Aug. 3

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When the shoe is on the other foot

Turnabout is fair play when Venus squares Uranus, the planet of unexpected twists, on July 31. If you were the cause of somebody else’s distress, then you will experience for yourself what it’s like to be in his or her shoes. This is bound to be shocking, humbling and hopefully consciousness-raising. If, however, you were the one being victimized, then the tables will turn, and you will have the upper hand. Will this inspire you to be lenient, or will you seize this chance to exact revenge? Uranus is the planet of revolution and change in astrology; it’s also the planet of revelation. These revelations tend to say more about ourselves than what we’re comfortable admitting. It’s what makes them both enlightening and liberating.

It will be everything you can do to keep the peace when Venus forms a square to Uranus on July 31. This is when just about everyone in your life will go berserk. You can expect to be kept busy putting out fires, mollifying tempers and practicing damage control like you haven’t practiced it in a very long time. The great unspoken about all of this is that you may have inadvertently been the cause for the current fracas. Hopefully, no one will put two and two together, but if somebody does, then you’ll have to come clean.